A photograph of A. Z. Kelley and some of the legal team from Kelley v. Board of Education of Nashville in September 1955. Following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the Supreme Court issued Brown II, ordering that schools to desegregate...

A photograph showing some of the high school attendees at the 1950 Christmas dinner held at the Fannie Battle Day Home. The dinner was "given in honor of the tiny tots at the Fannie Battle Day Home by members of the Fannie Battle Social Workers...

An original will of John V. Armstrong, dated March 19th, 1905. Illustrates the first page of the document. Armstrong’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on December 21st, 1917. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...

Pictured: “Chancellor buys ticket to Kaltenborn lecture: the Study and Service Group of First Presbyterian Church will sponsor a lecture to be given by H. V. Kaltenborn, noted commentator, April 30 at the War Memorial Building. Pictured above and...

An original political cartoon created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s. In the foreground, Chief Justice Earl Warren and another judge look at a "No Prayer Decree" and look out the...

An original will of Vessie Abernathy, dated April 9th, 1904. Illustrates the first page of the document. Abernathy’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on March 18th, 1905. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...

A postcard of the Sam Davis Hotel, a business property named for Sam Davis, the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy." The twelve-story building was located at the corner of 132 Seventh Avenue North at the corner of Commerce Street in downtown Nashville,...